Originally Posted By: Tigger
The 50 Alaskan was originally designed for lever guns. It's a 348 Winchester case blown out to accept .510" bullets. Here is a link to an article on the 50 AK.
50 Alaskan

Here is a comparison of the "big bores"



44 Magnum
445 Super Mag
45 Colt
454 Casull
480 Ruger
475 Linebaugh
50 Action Express
500 Linebaugh
500 Linebaugh Maximum
500 Smith & Wesson
50 Beowulf
50 Alaskan

I had the oppertunity to shoot an Encore in 50AK. The barrel was an OTT with his shark gill break. The break does wonders for recoil. Off the bench it was very accurate.


Now this is a real 50 Alaskan round.
975 Grain FNGC and a 725 Grain WFNGC .






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